Videos of CER Events

Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics: Madness and Inequality in Los Angeles

Neil Gong, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UC San Diego

Jovan Scott Lewis - Scammer’s Yard: The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica

Jovan Scott Lewis, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley

Beyond the Case: Comparative Ethnography During COVID-19 and Beyond

Panel 1: Welcome: Martín Sánchez-Jankowski

Introductory comments: Corey Abramson and Neil Gong

Presentations: - Martín Sánchez-Jankowski - Stefan Timmermans and Iddo Tavory - Annette Lareau - Thomas DeGloma and Max Papadantonakis - Claire Decoteau

Panel 2: Introduction: Neil Gong and Corey Abramson

Presentations: - Diane Vaughan - Al Young - Lynn Chancer - Dan Dohan

Q&A - Elyse Minchen

For speaker bios and more information, visit the event webpage: https://issi.berkeley.edu/cer/beyond-the-case

Sponsored by Center for Ethnographic Research Co-sponsored by Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley; School of Sociology, University of Arizona

Divided By the Wall: Progressive and Conservative Immigration Politics at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Emine Fidan Elcioglu, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto

Exploring Plantation Worlds: Towards Ethnographic Collaboration

Tania Murray Li, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto

Martina Avanza: How To Do Ethnography When You Dislike Your Research Subjects?

Martina Avanza, Senior Lecturer, Political Sociology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland

04/11/2019

Alvaro Jarrín : The Biopolitics of Beauty: Cosmetic Citizenship and Affective Capital in Brazil

Alvaro Jarrín, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of the Holy Cross

Juan De Lara, Contested Logistics of Racial Capitalism...

Juan De Lara, Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California

04/19/2018

Ellen Moore : “Thank You For Your Service”

Ellen Moore, Visiting Scholar, ISSI

Sharika Thiranagama : Who is Your Neighbor? Caste, Dignity, and Dalit Lives in Central Kerala

Sharika Thiranagama, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University

Jennifer Randles: "Learning and Legislating Love"

Jennifer Randles, Assistant Professor, Sociology, CSU Fresno

with Jill Duerr Berrick, Zellerbach Family Foundation Professor, School of Social Welfare, UC Berkeley as respondent

Juan Herrera: "Geographies of Activism: Cartographic Memory and Community Practices of Care"

Juan Herrera, PhD, Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies, School of Language, Culture, and Society, Oregon State University 

Chris Zepeda-Millán, Assistant Professor and Chair, Center for Research on Social Change, UC Berkeley as a respondent

Part of the ISSI Graduate Fellows Seminar series.

Co-sponsored by Center for Ethnographic Research, Department of Ethnic Studies, Institute of Urban and Regional Development and Center for Latino Research Policy, UC Berkeley

03/15/2017

Cid Martinez: "The Neighborhood Has Its Own Rules: Latinos and African Americans"

Cid Martinez, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of San Diego

Steve Viscelli : "The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream"

Steve Viscelli, Ph.D., Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Ann Swidler: "Motel Ethnography Revisited"

Ann Swidler, Professor of Sociology, UC Berkeley

Jacqueline Adams: "Using Visual Methods to Learn about Human Rights Violations under Dictatorship:

Jacqueline Adams, Senior Researcher, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues